2008 Summit
Our Sponsors
Geehan Advisory Boards
Geehan Advisory Boards is the trusted advisor for connecting executives
directly to strategic customer groups and market opportunities. Clients
turn to us for big-picture thinking and the business understanding
needed to ensure their high-profile initiatives not only foster powerful
customer relationships but also capture and apply learnings for
competitive advantages. Through our specialized, proven methodologies in
Customer Advisory Boards, Executive Summits and other
Executive-Sponsored programs, we consistently create, deliver, and
maximize the value of such initiatives. No other source delivers the
expertise and best practices along with the strategic perspectives and
project management resources necessary to guide and deliver the outcomes
of your specific executive/customer initiative. Industry Leaders
repeatedly count on us for success. Learn more at
www.geehanadvisoryboards.com.
KickStart Alliance©
We specialize in customer advisory board (CAB) programs and partner
advisory board (PAB) programs for B2B technology companies. Our
professional facilitators have held leadership positions in
companies like Apple, Ariba, HP, Nortel, Sun, and Verisign. Our
expertise covers computer hardware, Internet applications, security
software, call center management solutions, telecom and clean tech,
among others. Because we've been in your shoes, we understand your
objectives and are able to create and execute an advisory board
program that gets you the feedback and answers you need to make
strategic decisions that drive your roadmap. Beyond the advisory
board, we can help you translate “voice of the customer” insights
into action-oriented integrated marketing and sales campaigns.
(Check out our new book,
Marketing Campaign Development.)
Through our custom services and practical application workshops
covering positioning and messaging, marketing blueprints, and
annual planning, we give you the tools, techniques, and practice to
design and execute campaigns that will engage your prospects,
maximize your marketing ROI, and delight your executive team.
To learn more about how these and our other services can help
strengthen your customer relationships, please contact Mike Gospe
at (650)464-7662 or mikeg@kickstartall.com.
You can also visit us on the Web at www.kickstartall.com.
Phase Forward
From idea through launch, Phase Forward helps companies define,
launch, and market customer-driven products, services and messages.
Our core strength is our customer-focused discipline. We help our
clients connect with their customers in new ways that enable them
to create compelling and innovative products, services and
messages. Our team develops and facilitates custom workshops,
customer summits, customer advisory board meetings and ideation
sessions that get customers interacting and talking in new ways
and help clients solve a variety of innovation, product and
business challenges. We are passionate about incorporating customer
feedback into business decisions and our clients love our work. Our
clients include Visa International, Plantronics, Trend Micro and more.
Visit us on the Web at www.phaseforward.net.
Customer Reference Forum®
Customer Reference Forum provides information, events and networking
opportunities to help customer reference professionals succeed. Our
events attract leading customer marketing professionals from most of
the world's top reference programs, such as Microsoft, Intel, HP,
Research in Motion, SAP, Siebel Systems, Mercury, VeriSign, SAS, Unisys,
Network Appliance, EMC, Citrix Systems and dozens of other great
firms. By participating in Customer Reference Forum, you can:
- Build a support network of your peers.
- Learn how to gain respect from senior management.
- Get access to Best Practices.
- Establish your program's business value.
- Get tips on stretching scarce budget dollars.
- Learn vendor offerings in a no-pressure environment.
...and much more.
Click here to learn more about us: www.customerreferenceforum.com.
Media Partner
WOMMA
WOMMA is the official trade association for the word of mouth marketing industry.
WOMMA's mission is to promote and improve word of mouth marketing by:
- Protecting consumers and the industry with strong ethical guidelines.
- Promoting word of mouth as an effective marketing tool.
- Setting standards to encourage its use.
Join us! For more information, please click here: www.womma.org.
Interested in Sponsoring?
The upcoming 2008 CAB Exchange Summit will provide a superb chance for vendors to meet CAB professionals, develop relationships, provide value and grow your business in this space.
For more information about the 2008 US event and specific opportunities for sponsorships or vendor participation, please see below or email us.